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“ORTO PER MILLE” PROJECT

In the school years 2009-2010, the students of our school took part in the “orto per mille” project.

They grew a typical vegetable for each italian region in a kitchen-garden (42 m2) near the school.

The purpose of this project was to teach the students how to grow vegetables and to make them learn their features.

The grown vegetables were given to the local canteens (schools, hospital, retirement homes…).

First we had to pull out the weeds…

...then dig the soil in order to make it fertile…

...cultivate and finally collect the vegetables.

The “Orto per Mille” project was born in the spring of 2010, and was linked to“Orto in Condotta” and “Edible school Gardens of Slow

Food”.

This project represents a new way to teach the value of biodiversity and respect for the environment . It is also growing in other countries, for example Uganda.

For the 150° anniversary of the Italian unification the students decided to call it “Orto per Mille”, to remember the “mille”( the one thousand men) of Garibaldi , a hero

of our history.

SICILY:courgette

FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA:

rosa di Gorizia

PIEMONTE:leek

CAMPANIA:Friariello sprout

CALABRIA:aubergine

LAZIO:Catalonia chicory

PUGLIA:Polignano carrot

MOLISE:tomato

ABRUZZO:Sulmona garlic

SARDINIA:artichoke

TUSCANY:Black cabbage

VENETO:Red chicory

BASILICATA:Senise pepper

LOMBARDY:pumpkin

TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE:

sauerkraut

VALLE D’AOSTA:potato

EMILIA ROMAGNA:

shallot

MARCHE:Suasa onion

UMBRIA:black celery from

Trevi

LIGURIA:beans

THE 20 TYPICAL VEGETABLES FROM THE 20 THE 20 TYPICAL VEGETABLES FROM THE 20 ITALIAN REGIONSITALIAN REGIONS

SICILYSICILY SARDINIASARDINIA

CALABRIACALABRIABASILICATABASILICATA

PUGLIAPUGLIA CAMPANIACAMPANIA

ABRUZZOABRUZZOMOLISEMOLISE

TUSCANYTUSCANYUMBRIAUMBRIA

MARCHESMARCHESLAZIOLAZIO

FRIULI – VENEZIA GIULIAFRIULI – VENEZIA GIULIA

LIGURIALIGURIA

VENETOVENETO

EMILIA EMILIA ROMAGNAROMAGNA

TRENTINO - ALTO TRENTINO - ALTO ADIGEADIGE

LOMBARDYLOMBARDY

VALLE VALLE D’AOSTAD’AOSTAPIEDMONTPIEDMONT

……and and finally!finally!

“CIELO APERTO” PROJECT

Every school year the students of one of the 5th classes of our school take part in the “cielo aperto” project.

The purpose of this project is to give the students the possibility to have some basic konwledge of astronomy, thanks to theoretical lessons and live observations of astronomical events and celestial bodies.

They also have the possibility to

meet experts in astrophysics.

The project includes a visit to the Planetary of Milan

and to the Brera observatory.